“DO you think we would have hired you if we knew about your feet?” This is what a 20-year-old man claims he was asked by a manager at Smyths Toy Store when he informed them about chronic pain he suffers from caused by collapsed arches. Brandon
A MAN who was refused entry to a nightclub stole a clipboard from a bouncer and ran down the street swearing at staff, a court has heard. Charlie Palmer, 22 of Windmill Road, Mortimer, “took umbrage” to being banned from Fever and Boutique in Winchester
A MAN who was high on heroin and stole four lamb joints from a Tesco Express store has been fined. David Brewer, 36, of May Place, was caught on CCTV running out of the store in Basingstoke with around £55 of meat. The man said that he didn’t
SUPERMARKET Sainsbury's has announced it will stop selling fireworks this year. The supermarket says it will carry no fireworks in any of its 2,300 branches this year after a review. The decision is based on a 'range of factors'. The move has
MORE than 400 people who were dressed in their pyjamas took on a 8.5-mile walk for charity last weekend. The Moonlight Walk raising money for St Michael’s Hospice, set off from Festival Place at 10pm. Laura Holmes, Event Manager at St Michael
HAMPSHIRE’S OctoberFest returned to Basingstoke last weekend, with food, lots of ales, beers and ciders, and plenty of live music. The event, which was organised by Destination Basingstoke for the first time, opened up on Friday with the traditional
FOUR crews have been called out to a grill pan fire in Chineham. It took place at around midday in a commercial kitchen on Lime Tree Way in Chineham Business Park Staff had put the fire out with an extinguisher by the time the fire brigade
THE jury in the trial of a 17-year-old boy who is accused of shooting another teenager has retired to make its decision. The 17-year-old is on trial at Winchester Crown Court for shooting Danny Stevens was left paralysed from the waist down after
HOOK and Newnham Basics are set to be playing top level ECB Southern Premier League cricket next summer. The pitch, outfield and off-field facilities at their tree lined King George V Ground have been given the nod of approval by the Premier League
HATE crime has reached record levels in Hampshire, figures reveal – with police logging seven offences each day. Hampshire Constabulary recorded 2,726 hate crimes in 2018-19, the latest Home Office statistics show – up 1 per cent from the previous
KNOW N as the longest running ‘family variety show’ in the area, the Basingstoke Gang Show is set to return next year. The biennial Gang Show will feature more than 70 youngsters made up of members of various scout and girl guiding troops. This
Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) students recently got the chance to switch off from their studies and discover what is on offer locally in Basingstoke at the annual Freshers’ Fair. The event, which is designed to welcome students to the
COUNCILLORS are calling for more support to be given to youth football clubs around the borough. A number of youth teams around the borough use sites owned by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for training sessions as well as competitive matches
BASINGSTOKE Bison import forward Richard Bordowski looks set to miss a second weekend of action, as the Herd take on the Hull Pirates at home on Saturday (6.30pm) and then the Bracknell Bees away on Sunday (5.30pm). Last weekend, without Bordowski
THREE Basingstoke and Deane councillors have had to be reminded to pay their council taxes in the last three years - and one was even summoned to court four times. Figures unearthed by Newsquest’s Data Investigations Unit show that more than 2,400
